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In a sprawling, wild, super-hyped magnum opus, David Foster Wallace fulfills the promise of his precocious novelThe Broom of the System.Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions…

What do Wallace and Gromit, Godzilla, and Gumby have in common? They''re all examples of 3-D animation. From Aardman Studios in Bristol. England, winners of three Academy Awards, comes the most thorough book on the subject, and the first to include complete instructions for making a 3-D animated…

It’s senior year for Buffy Summers and her friends. And that means homecoming, senior prom, finals, graduation -- all the usual evil doings guaranteed to make the Chosen One long for recess. Slayer duties caused Buffy to miss picking up her Yearbook, so Willow took it for her and enlisted the help…

An exclusive first look behind the scenes of the popular Broadway musical. With its cast of furry puppets, its shockingly politically incorrect lyrics, and its hilarious upending of children''s television, Avenue Q took Broadway by storm. The New York Times declared it "a breakthrough musical,"…

First published in 1996 to great critical and popular acclaim, the Grove Book of Operas, is a collection of synopses and descriptions of over 250 operas. Each succinct yet insightful entry is written by a leading authority on the opera and includes a full synopsis of the plot, a cast list, a note…

Bringing alive Robert Heinlein''s classic novel, and the movies and television series that have followed, Starship Troopers The RPG gives players the opportunity to experience the Bug War at First hand. Players can follow in the footsteps of Jonny Rico and his Mobile Infantry troopers as they face…

A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant…

"I’m the Slayer. Slay-er. Chosen One? She who hangs out a lot in cemeteries? Ask around. Look it up: ’Slayer comma The.’" " -- Buffy, "Doomed"" As long as there have been vampires, there has been the Slayer. One girl in all the world, to find them where they gather and to stop the spread of their…